Gorilla Biology (eBook, PDF)

A Multidisciplinary Perspective
Redaktion: Taylor, Andrea B.

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Produktbeschreibung

Gorillas are one of our closest living relatives, the largest of all living primates, and teeter on the brink of extinction. These fascinating animals are the focus of this in-depth and comprehensive examination of gorilla biology. Gorilla Biology combines recent research in morphology, genetics and behavioural ecology to reveal the complexity and diversity of gorilla populations. The first section focuses on morphological and molecular variation and underscores the importance of understanding diverse biological patterns at all levels in testing evolutionary and adaptive hypotheses and elucidating subspecies and species diversification. Following are discussions of the ecological constraints that influence gorilla social organization and highlight their surprising flexibility. The book ends with discussions of the conservation status of gorillas and the many and increasing threats to their continued survival. Giving insight into the evolutionary biology of these unique primates, this book will be essential reading for primatologists, anthropologists and evolutionary biologists.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511056765
• Artikelnr.: 38213585

Autorenporträt

Andrea Taylor is Assistant Professor in the Departments of Community & Family Medicine and Biological Anthropology & Anatomy at Duke University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Andrea B. Taylor and Michele L. Goldsmith; Acknowledgements; Part
I. Gorilla Taxonomy and Comparative Morphology: 1. Gorillas: how important,
how many, how long? Russell H. Tuttle; 2. A history of gorilla taxonomy
Colin P. Groves; 3. Patterns of diversity in gorilla cranial morphology
Rebecca M. Stumpf, John D. Polk, John F. Oates, William L. Jungers,
Christopher P. Heesy, Colin P. Groves and John G. Fleagle; 4. The hierarchy
of intraspecific craniometric variation in gorillas: a population-thinking
approach with implications for fossil species recognition studies Gene H.
Albrecht, Bruce R. Gelvin and Joseph M. A. Miller; 5. Morphological
differentiation of Gorilla subspecies Steven R. Leigh, John H. Relethford,
Paul B. Park and Lyle W. Konigsberg; 6. Ontogeny and function of
masticatory form in Gorilla: functional, evolutionary and taxonomic
implications Andrea B. Taylor; 7. Ontogenetic variation in Gorilla
postcranial morphology Sandra E. Inouye; Part II. Molecular Genetics: 8.
Gorilla systematics, taxonomy and conservation in the era of genomics
Oliver A. Ryder; 9. Mitochondrial and nuclear DNA estimates of divergence
between western and eastern gorillas Michael I. Jensen-Seaman, Amos S.
Dienard and Kenneth K. Kidd; 10. Genetic studies of western gorillas
Stephen L. Clifford, Katherine A. Abernethy, L. J. T. White, Caroline E. G.
Tutin, M. W. Bruford and E. Jane Wickings; Part III. Behavioral Ecology:
11. Behavioral ecology Caroline E. Tutin; 12. Gorilla social relationships:
a comparative overview David P. Watts; 13. Within-group feeding competition
and socioecological factors influencing social organisation of gorillas in
the Kahuzi-Biega National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo Juichi
Yamagiwa, Kanyunyi Basabose, Kiswele Kaleme and Takakazu Yumoto; 14.
Comparative behavioral ecology of a lowland and highland gorilla
population: where do Bwindi gorillas fit? Michele L. Goldsmith; 15. Are
gorillas vacuum cleaners of the forest floor? The roles of body size,
habitat and food preferences on gorilla dietary flexibility and nutrition
Melissa J. Remis; Part IV. Gorilla Conservation: 16. Gorilla conservation
Alexander H. Harcourt; 17. The current status of gorillas and threats to
their existence at the beginning of a new millennium Andrew J. Plumptre,
Alastair McNeilage and Jefferson D. Hall; 18. Distribution, taxonomy,
genetics, ecology and causal links of gorilla survival: the need to develop
practical knowledge for gorilla conservation Esteban E. Sarmiento; 19. The
Cross River gorilla: the natural history and status of a neglected and
critically endangered subspecies John F. Oates, Kelly L. McFarland,
Jacqueline L. Groves, Richard A. Bergl, Joshua M. Linder and Todd R.
Disotell; Afterword Michele L. Goldsmith and Andrea B. Taylor.